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Summer Love - The Narcotic Daffodils 🌞❤

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:07:00 +0000

1. Summer Love
2. Naturally High
3. Guardians
4. Hypnotized
5. You can't get
6. Bruxelles
7. Atomic 53

It's been three years since the band's last album, Cellex, was released, and there have been a number of personnel changes since then, with Luna taking up vocal duties, Arne the drums and Maria the Guitar. I remember hearing Maria playing with an all-girl band many years ago and they blew me away, so the prospect of her joining the Narcotic Daffodils was exciting. As before, the bass is supplied by the inimitable Flupke with Simon providing Sitar and keyboard licks on the Hammond.

1. Summer Love

Any fears that the new lineup have lost the spirit of the old are quickly dispelled by the opening and title track of the album, Summer Love. Gilly Smythe, Gong# style, whisper-voices draw you in before Flupke's bass kicks in with the Hammond, underpinning, proceedings. The song ends with a melange of Sitar and synth, underlining the fact that the Narcotic Daffodils are back with a bang and mean business.

#As an aside The Narcotic Daffodils are on the same bill as Gong at the Festival Prog-résiste in Soignies on April 22nd.

2. Naturally High

This song was written by Flupke about a fan of the band, who always went BIG at their concerts, rocking out 110% without the aid of drink or drugs and totally into their vibe. Naturally high on the music and the spirit of the band.

I can definitely relate to that.

3. Guardians
Guardians kicks off with a low down dirty organ sound, reminiscent of Gimme Some Loving by the Spencer Davis Group, and sees the band dipping their toes into the sort of distorted reality they have dabbled with in the past, with tracks like Weathered on their previous album, a swirling maelstrom of sound that sucks you in, spins you around and spits you out. Groovy!

4. Hypnotized
This one reminds me a little bit of the Kinks. A song about a Flower Power Man, a real hippy Superman, travelling around the globe spreading love and joy. I think the world needs him today. Lovely stuff.

5. You Can't Get

Some nice harmonies going on here, like a Gregorian Chant on acid. This song features the albums-only Hammond solo, and it's damned fine. There's also a lovely solo from Maria, a fluid sound that mixes seamlessly with the vocals.

6. Bruxelles

Sung in French and Flemish Bruxelles is the band's love song to the Belgian capital, with the haunting sound of the city's Metro floating over it all backed by some more excellent keyboard work from Simon.

7. Atomic 53

Atomic 53 is based on one of Maria's riffs. Atomic 53 opens to the sound of sitar and is a nice slow burner, grooving into the kind of sound you can see yourself head banging to at concerts, the kind of song you never want to end. Great vocals too and the perfect way to end the album.

I think that Summer Love is a less diverse album than its predecessor, but is a much more cohesive album overall.

The world is a strange place at the moment, slipping back to a darker, more dangerous time, when Nationalism and xenophobia were on the rise and ignorance was king. The new Narcotic Daffodils album also turns back the clock, but to more enlightened times, to the days of Woodstock, the days of Janis & Jimmy and the summer of love. The perfect antidote to today's news.

Flower power has returned once more and the Narcotic Daffodils are blooming again, a cause for celebration.

***** C’est magnifique!

Joseph D'Lacey's Blood Fugue

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:56:00 +0000

Books are like Christmas Dinners, some you struggle to finish, with those last couple of Brussels Sprouts staring their defiance at you from the dinner plate, while others are gone in the blink of an eye, leaving fond memories of juicy morsels and wondrous tastes. In the case of Joseph D'Lacey's Blood Fugue you are presented with a smorgasbord of horror & are left wanting to lick the plate clean.

A potent mix of blood, sex, ancient mythology and sex, it contains scenes that will burn themselves on the retinas of your mind like staring into a nuclear firestorm. Reading Blood Fugue is like watching John Carpenter's The Thing on acid, with a liberal sprinkling of WTF moments along the way.

At its heart Blood Fugue is a vampire story, with its main protagonist, James Kerrigan, battling the forces of darkness against insurmountable odds. No easy feat when he's afraid of the dark. But this is Vampirism as its never been done before, and the plot hints at a huge mythos, barely glimpsed like a dark shape moving beneath moonlit ice. In turns shocking, erotic and humorous, Blood Music delivers in all respects. A horror story that definitely leaves the reader asking for more. Recommended.

Scotch Pancakes

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Ingredients
115g plain flour sifted
1 medium free range egg
150 ml milk
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp golden caster sugar
melted butter for greasing

Making the batterSift the flour, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and stir in the sugar. Add the egg and slowly stir in the milk. Beat until smooth.

Cooking the pancakesHeat up a griddle or frying pan for at least 3 minutes to get hot. Smear with a little melted butter using a paper towel. Pour in 4 lots of a tbsp of the batter mix. After a couple of minutes large bubbles should appear. Flip them over and cook for about another minute.

Eating

Serve warm with bacon and maple syrup, clotted cream and jam or whatever floats your boat.
Yum!

As a rule I take the hint.

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:44:00 +0000

To switch to Oracle's rule based optimiser use the hint /*+ RULE*/.

You can include this in PeopleSoft MetaSQL with something along the lines of: -

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The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World, Ever.

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:09:00 +0000

As I've just about completed my collection of 100 CDs culled from Jacelyn Bond's damn fine book, and bastard of a charade title, The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World, Ever, I thought it was about time I blogged the list to aid anyone else who wants to make their world a little heavier. Collecting the albums has been a long strange trip through the annals of rock history and taken me through classics by the likes of Sabbath, AC/DC and Deep Purple to Scandinavian Death Metal. Yes the choices are debateable but the book is a great way of discovering some wonderful music to headbang like a maniac to. It's got some notable omisions too, in particular a certain Black Country band who most would argue are the greatest rock and roll band of all timel and who cast a giant blimp shaped shaddow over the genre.

In addition to the 100 albums I've also listed the other albums by the bands concerned that the book says are worth getting, so if any of the artists take your fancy you can always explore them further. If you click on the covers It will take you to the albums on the Amazon UK website

With Christmas coming up Jacylyn's work would make a fine addition to any metalhead's Christmas stocking along with a generous selection of the albums it lists. They're so heavy though that Santa's sleigh may not cut it when it comes to getting them to your rooftop, he may need to enlist the help of a large gas filled dirgible of a metallic nature...

Enjoy.

Accept

Balls To The Wall

Also of note...

Restless And Wild

Metal Heart

AC/DC

Highway To Hell

Also of note...

High Voltage

TNT

AC/DC

Back In Black

Also of note...

Let There Be Rock

Alice Cooper

Billion Dollar Babies

Also of note...

School's Out

Alice In Chains

Dirt

Also of note...

Alice In Chains

All Shall Perish

The Price Of Existence

Also of note...

Awaken The Dreamers

Anthrax

Among The Living

Also of note...

Sound Of White Noise

Arch Enemy

Burning Bridges

Also of note...

Rise Of The Tyrant

At The Gates

Slaughter Of The Soul

Also of note...

Terminal Spirit Disease

Behemoth

Demigod

Also of note...

Satanica

Thelema 6

Zos Kia Cultus

The Apostasy

Benighted

Icon

Also of note...

Insane Cephalic Production

Identistick

Black Label Society
Hangover Music Volume VI

Also of note...

The Blessed Hellride

Mafia

Also Zack Wylde's solo album...

The Book Of Shadows

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Also of note...

Master Of Reality

Black Sabbath

Paranoid

Also of note...

Black Sabbath Vol. 4

Sabotage

Black Sabbath

Heaven And Hell

Also of note...

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Bruce Dickinson
The Chemical Wedding

Also of note...

Tattoed Millionaire

Accident Of Birth

Candlemass

Nightfall

Also of note...

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Ancient Dreams

Tales of Creation

Cannibal Corpse

Tomb Of The Mutilated

Also of note...

Kill

Carcass

Heartwork

Also of note...

Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious

Swansong

Cradle Of Filth

Damnation And A Day

Also of note...

Thornography

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder

Danzig

Danzig

Also of note...

Danzig II: Lucifuge

Danzig III: How the Gods Kill

Danzig 4p

Dark Tranquillity

The Gallery

Also of note...

The Mind's I

Damage Done

Fiction

Death

Human

Also of note...

Scream Bloody Gore

Deep Purple

Machine Head

Also of note...

Fireball

Deep Purple

Deep Purple In Rock

Deftones

Around The Fur

Also of note...

White Pony

Saturday Night Wrist

Deicide

Deicide

Also of note...

The Stench Of Redemption

Death Do Us Part

Despised Icon

The Ills Of Modern Man

Also of note...

The Healing Process

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Miss Machine

Also of note...

Calculating Infinity

Dimmu Borgir

Death Cult Armageddon

Also of note...

Stormblåst

In Sorte Diaboli

Dio

Holy Diver

Also of note...

The Last In Line

Sacred Heart

Dream Evil

Dream Theater

Images And Words

Also of note...

A Change Of Seasons

Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes from a memory

Entombed

Wolverine Blues

Also of note...

Left Hand Path

Clandestine

Exodus

Bonded by Blood

Also of note...

Fabulous Disaster

The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A

Gamma Ray

Land of the Free

Also of note...

Majestic

Land of the Free II

Godsmack

IV

Also of note...

Faceless

Gojira

The Way of All Flesh

Also of note...

From Mars to Sirius
Guns N' Roses

Appetite for destruction

Also of note...

Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide (EP)

Use Your Illusion I

Use Your Illusion II

The Spaghetti Incident?

Hammerfall

Legacy Of Kings

Also of note...

Glory To The Brave

Crimson Thunder

Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

The Haunted

Made Me Do It

Also of note...

One Kill Wonder

Revolver

Helloween

Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2

Also of note...

Helloween

Walls of Jericho

Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1

The Dark Ride

In Flames

Whoreacle

Also of note...

The Jester Race

Colony

Clayman

Reroute to Remain

Iron Maiden

The Number Of The Beast

Also of note...

Iron Maiden

A Matter of Life and Death

Iron Maiden

Piece Of Mind

Also of note...

Somewhere in Time

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Iron Maiden

Powerslave

Also of note...

Killers

Fear of the Dark

Isis

Panopticon

Also of note...

Oceanic

Judas Priest

British Steel

Also of note...

Sad Wings of Destiny

Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest

Painkiller

Also of note...

Defenders of the Faith

Killswitch Engage

The End Of Heartache

Also of note...

Alive Or Just Breathing

King Diamond

Abigail

Also of note...

Fatal Portrait

Them

Conspiracy

Kiss

Kiss

Also of note...

Alive!

To be continued...

Best Albums Of 2010

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:30:00 +0000

For what it's worth, and before the chimes of Big Ben toll in the New Year, here are my top 12 albums of 2010.

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

I first came across Canada's Arcade Fire when I saw the video of Rebellion from their debut album funeral. The Suburbs is a work of genius, hence it hitting the number one spot in my list of the year.

2. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

I saw John at Botanique this year and he was amazing. I defy anyone to find a more beautiful song than Marz and others like Where Dreams Go To Die make this a stunning solo debut. It was a close call between this and Arcade Fire as to which was my favourite disk of 2010.

3. The Young Gods - Everybody Knows

On to Switzerland for number 3 and a band that I'd not heard before. A potent cocktail of post-industrial electronica and balls to the wall rock liberally spiced with sound samples, they will take your head for a spin and park it on the dark side of the moon. Thanks Maj for the heads up on these boys.

4. Yeasayer Odd Blood

Oddblood is Yeasayer's second album, following on from All Our Symbols, and is a cracker.

5. Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill

With a name like Stornoway this band should by rights be Scottish, but instead hail from Oxford. Alternative folk of the highest order.

6. Rumer - Seasons Of My Soul

Championed by Burt Bacharach, Rumer has a voice that has, justifiably, been compared to Karen Carpenter. This is her debut album and she is destined for great things.

7. The Coral - Butterfly House

Jingly, jangly guitar sounds that would have done the Byrds proud, this was the album that I think should have won the Mercury this year.

8. I Am Kloot - Sky At Night

Yet another great band from Manchester, I am kloot deliver lyrics of the highest order, wrapped in a parcel of musical madness. Love them!

9. Tunng - And Then We Saw Land

Another band I saw at Botanique in Brussels this year and a damned fine performance it was too. Becky Jacobs step up from backing singer to lead added another dimension to the band. Alternative folk to dance to after watching the Wicker Man.

10. Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain

With my home city being Nottingham, home of the worlds greatest football team and I don't mean County, it's astonishing that I'd never heard the Tindersticks. That gaping hole in my musical knowledge was put to rights with Falling Down A Mountain which is a worthy addition to my end of year list.

11. The National - High Violet

The National's lead singer's vocals seem to have gone up an octave or two on this one. The application of tight jeans don't seem to have effected the quality of their music which once again is superb.

12. Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

Finally a man with a voice like a glass of bourbon, Ray Lamontagne. Ray sprang to prominence with Trouble and his latest album trips the light fantastic from Country, to soulful ballads and rock. Hearing this encouraged me to pick up his back catlalogue which I'd also heartily recommend.

Here's a taster of my dirty dozen from 2010. Sit back with a glass of fine wine, press play and enjoy!

Roll on 2011. Happy New Year everybody!

Gentlemen Of Verona at Beurresterrace

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:45:00 +0000

Gentleman Of Verona were amazing tonight. One of the best Belgian bands I've heard for years. Come to think of it, one of the best bands, I've had the pleasure to hear, period.

High octane music delivered with cruise missile precision, by a band who were tight as a kangeroo's khyber, and a female vocalist who kicked ass bigtime.

Reminiscent of L7, Hole early Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Susie And The Banshees this is a band to watch out for in the future. Their new album Brutally Honest is out now on CD and, to be brutally honest, it's bloody brilliant. Their first album, the eponymous Gentlemen Of Verona, is available for download from iTunes and is also of a very high quality. If you like good music, buy them!

Album Of The Week John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:09:00 +0000

John Grant's The Queen Of Denmark is an extraordinary work, melding Grant's wonderful voice and tinkling piano with sublime backing from Midlake. Chicken Bones, Sigourney Weaver, Marz, this has to be one of the finest debut's I've ever heard. Lyrically exceptional, sonically awesome, buy it!!!

Pope Benedict condoms anyone?

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:49:00 +0000

So, the Vatican's response to a recent Foreign Office memo regarding his visit is "One has to question whether the action taken is enough.".

Is that the same pope who, when a cardinal heading the Vatican office dealing with sex abuses, did not respond to letters from an archbishop regarding a case of a priest thought to have abused some 200 deaf boys? Yes, one has to question whether the action taken was enough.

The memo suggested that the pope should officiate over a gay wedding. As Benedict, has stated in the past that homosexuality is an intrinsic moral evil, that would show a tolerance for other people's beliefs which would be commendable.

As to the idea of a Benedict condom, brilliant idea, they should ship them to Africa where thousands die of AIDS each year, following the churches misplaced guidelines on birth control. Benedict XVI was heavily criticised after saying that condoms "aggravate" the spread of the disease. Britain's leading medical journal, The Lancet, accused Benedict in an editorial of having distorted scientific evidence in order to promote the teachings of the Catholic Church. He was also condemned as being misinformed and insensitive by Aids groups, health professionals and governments around the world, including the European Union, France and Germany.

Jim Murphy, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the man who is responsible for the Pope's visit, says regarding the offending memo "These are vile, they are insulting, they are an embarrassment, and, on behalf of the whole of the United Kingdom, I want to apologise to His Holiness the Pope.". On behalf of the whole United Kingdom? I don't bloody think so, I think a significant proportion of the countries population would not welcome a homophobic, AIDS promoting, pedophile protecting pontiff to our shores.

A Bitchin' Song

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:00 +0000

Go Nige!

Bitch Song launch party at Churchill's bar in Brussels on Sunday May 2nd. Buy one as a present for next Valentine's Day.

The Bitch Song and other great Belgian music videos can be seen at Ming's favourite website, Music Brussels. To quote the great Arno, if you go there you'll be "Dancing in the streets of Belgium, Brussels where they eat sprouts, and raw mussels.".

Hard Rock - The Classiest of Rock

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:24:00 +0000

Check out Together Magazine's interview with Music Brussels. Hard rock, the classiest of rock. Music Brussels, the classiest of music websites. Churchill's, the classiest of bars. Put them all together and you've got class in a glass.

Cheers!

Du Psyché Space Rock devant le Palais Royal

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:02:00 +0000

Thanks to all you Satan worshiping goat lovers out there who voted for the Narcotic Daffodils in the race for the palace. I'm happy to announce that after a play off today at KultuurKaffee they were chosen along with 2 other Brussels bands, Five Easy Days and OPMOC, to grace the Place des Palais near the Royal Palace on May the 7th!!!

It's just as well they won mind, if they hadn't then someone would have had to deal with Nursie from Dr Poembak.

The Narcotic Daffodils, space rock fit for a king.

To The Devil A Goat

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Vote for the Daffodils or the goat gets it!

The Narcotic Daffodils, cool for cats, hot as hell for goats.

Just What The Doctor Ordered

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +0000

Now how did those lyrics go again... oh yes I remember "Vote for the Narcotic Daffodils, a better remedy than those blue and white pills, Mr Jacky will cure your ills...".

Vote Daffodils, they're just what the doctor ordered to take those winter blues away.

Nice gig tonight by the way Scotty & David, the Benito band were awesome again tonight, bloody surreal, but awesome.

Thanks for the CD Simon. Listening to it now as I type, cracking stuff, just the sort of songs to grace the palace. I look forward to your album when you release it. Anyone who doesn't vote for you guys should track 6!

Back To The Future Of Gaming

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:46:00 +0000

It looks like it could be very popular with the ladies too.

Vote for Narcotic Daffodils

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:15:00 +0000

I'm sure they meant "Vote for The Narcotic Daffodils".

Don't be a number, vote for the Daffodils!

Band On The Run to la Nuit des Lumières

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:37:00 +0000

Photo by Gilles Van Eylen

The race to become the play at la Nuit des Lumières outside Place des Palais is heating up. Go to the Nuit Des Lumieres website and vote The Narcotic Daffodils.

You know it makes sense!

Let's take Mr Jacky to the palace.

A Post Rock Out In Brussels

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:00 +0000

Last night, not for the first time in Brussels, I was in a bit of a quandary. Did I go to Beurskafee to see two post rock bands, Belgiums own Cecilia::Eyes and Alkalys from France, or stay in Churchills to listen to the excellent Men In Blue? On the principal that I'd probably not get the chance to see Alkalys in the foreseeable future, I opted for the former and headed down to Beurs and the Beurskafee.

First off, the Beurskafee venue. I must have walked past it hundreds of times and not known it existed, delving into it's murky heart I was mightily impressed. The cavern like quality of its interior has a superb atmosphere and is ideal for gigs. Spacious, but not overly so, and oozes character from every brick. Little touches like the letters WC projected onto the wall on the steps down to the bog, that's bathroom to you Americans out there, and a ladder ascending into the ceiling behind the bar make it feel like a piece of installation art. I didn't see it, but there's also a much bigger hall on the first floor. All in all a great place to showcase Brussels finest music (hint Suki).

Sitting there beer in hand I waited for the gig to start and a close encounter of the post rock kind. As to what post rock is, I didn't have a clue before that night, but hey, there's so many musical sub-categories you can't know them all. Checking it out since then, I've heard it described as a mix of ambient, jazz, electronica, and experimental music with more than a hint of minimalism and repetition ala Steve Reich and Philip Glass. In post rock, traditional rock instruments provide musical texture rather than act as the driving force found in its mainstream kindred.

And so on to the show, first up Cecelia::Eyes, a band consisting of a bassist, Pascal Thys, two guitarists Christophe Thys, Mike Colart & Gauthier Vilain, and a drummer, Xavier Waerenburgh. Xavier also plays keyboards. This was the bands first live performance of their second studio album, Here Dead We Die, and a damn fine album it is too.

Hypnotic, pulsating, layered in sampled voices and poetry driven on by Xavier's metronomic drumming, Cecilia::Eyes were a mightily impressive group live. Guitars and bass weaved a rich soundscape taking the audience to another place in time and space, and it was a place that I was in no hurry to leave. Music to chill out to, delivered with a deft touch by a band who were masters of their craft. If you've had a bad day at the office then Cecilia::Eyes' music would be a great way to unwind. Post rock also has elements of drone rock and I could here this in their music with musical themes gradually building in intensity to the point when they were unstoppable and overwhelming. Blowing away your senses and mind in short order. Hey I really loved this band.

To quote from the central mantra in Anthem For Doomed Youth "The art of war is simple enough, find out who your enemy is and strike him as hard as you can, as often as you can and keep moving on.". This is one band that will keep on moving on, I look forward to watching their journey.

I've since listened to the bands previous album Mountain Tops Are Sometimes Closer To The Moon and the EP Echoes From The Attic and can report that both are also top drawer and well worth checking out.

Here Dead We Lie will be available in stores from the 16th of April 2010, in the meantime you can order it from their label dEPOT214 RECORDS or send an e-mail to depot214@depot214.com. Go buy it!

After the ambient beauty of Cecilia::Eyes, France's Alkalys were much heavier proposition delivering a drum heavy set with kick ass intensity and rocking the joint. With a plank of wood used as a bow to play a guitar this was a different form of post rock. A thunderous mutated form which if left unattended would like as not eat your hamster and mug your grandmother.

The Brussels crowd were whipped into a frenzy by the aural assault, which is quite impressive considering their normal passivity. Guitars were played and bowed, the drums thundered on until finally the show ended in a wave of feedback and adrenalin. Great stuff.

As for the Men In Blue, by the time I hit the street it was 00:30 in the morning so I had to settle for watching their excellent cover version of The Beatles Come Together when I got back to my apartment. More pre rock than post but damn fine nonetheless. The word on the street is that their concert in Churchill's last night was outstanding and that the place rocked big style. I do promise to see them the next time they play Brussels, post rock invasions not withstanding.

Vive la France, vive post rock, vive la Musique Bruxelles, thank you and good night.

Music Brussels Opening Party

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000

I've not forgotten this blog posting. I just want to do this great night justice.

Something For The Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:41:00 +0000

Check out the full video to My TV Is Dead's great track Love In Stereo. They lit up the stage at the music Brussels Opening Party and their new album, Freedomatic, is superb.

Love it !!!

On the subject of cool videos, here's a trailer for the new Slash album due out next month. Aided and abbetted by such rock luminaries as Dave Grohl, Ozzie Osbourne and Lemmy, it looks like it going to rock big time.

I can't wait.

Tread On Tread Dark

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:00 +0000

Last Tuesday night I was in Bonnefooi bar when I bumped into Madensuyu's friendly neighborhood sound engineer and pole dancing panda, Tom. "Hey shouldn't you be out in South America with the band?", I asked, to which he replied with a nod in the direction of a chair in which sat the aforementioned bands lead singer and guitarist, Pieterjan Vervondel. Doh! Yet again my powers of observation, and spidey senses, had failed me.

Speaking to the guitar maestro, I was told that The Brasilian tour was amazing, with the footage I'd seen of St Paulo typical of the reception they'd received. Tens of thousands of partying South Americans sambaing to the primal rythm of Ghent's greatest export. Now that's mind boggling.

I then asked about the prospects for a new album after their outstanding previous release. "D is Done was a deep album, a dark album." I was told, "The next will be deeper, darker.". When will it be released? I asked to which I received the depressing news that it would be "in two to three years time". Fefefefefeck! Two to three years is a long time to wait, but, as with all great bands, I'm sure the wait will be worth it.

In the meantime to stave off withdrawal symptoms, Madensuyu can be seen at the AB in Brussels on May 30th, along with Brooklyn's Growing, a drone/ambient/noise band and a Norwegian Psychedelic/Indie-Rock/Metal outfit called Motorsycho. Any band with Motor in their band name can't be bad and I always was a big Stuart Pearce fan!

Further fixes of the band live this year can also be obtained at:-

Tivoli (Klub Radar), Utrecht (NL), March 20th @ 21:00
Les Nuits Botanique, Brussel, May 9th @ 20:00
SPOTfestival, Aarhus (DK), May 20th @ 20:00
Studenterhuset, Aalborg (DK), May 21st @ 20:00
Huset Magstraede, Kopenhagen (DK), May 23rd @ 20:00

D is done, time to get started on 'E' I think. Tread on tread light.

She Loves You, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:43:00 +0000

For fans of Taiwan's finest metal band, Chthonic, there's a feature on their bass player and backing vocalist, the delightful Doris Yeh, in the March edition of Neo magazine. I think I'll give it a read while firing up Pandemonium and Mirror Of Retribution on my Sonos box.

Also worthy of note on the magazine front is this months edition of Classic Rock which features a CD of collaborations between various rock luminaries including Tony Iommi, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons and rock god and Bass Assasin Number 1, Lemmy.

While on the subject of Classic Rock, the magazines website is currently streaming Aussie rockers Airborne's new album, No Guts. No Glory, in its entirety. I seem to recollect a certain Mr Kiliminster featuring in the video of Running Wild from their first album, I wonder if he'll put in an appearance for their new one?

Torchwood Lost Souls

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:43:00 +0000

If you haven't heard it already check out the BBC radio Torchwood episode, Lost Souls, courtesy of BBC's iPlayer.

Martha Jones is working on the large Hadron Collider at CERN, and something strange is happening prior to the big turn on. Is Captain Jack about to encounter one black hole too many?

Fafafafuck for me Brasil

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:05:00 +0000

George Lite Zone favourites Madensuyu, in the land of Pelé, playing Lost Jimmy's favourite D Is Done song.

Fafafafuckin' awesome!!!

Music Brussels Opening Party - Band #4 The VOGUES

noreply@blogger.com (George Ternent) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:03:00 +0000

Time to ramp it up at the Music Brussels party, with a bit of glam punk attitude. The Vogues come on like a band that should have been in at least one Austin Powers movie, with 60's sensibilities and a spiritual home of London. Gor' blimey guvnor!

They quote their influences as being The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Stone Roses, Blur, Oasis, Suede and The Strokes which is OK by me. This cocky Belgian five piece consist of Fab on vocals plus the fab four of Nico and Ian on guitar, Guillaume on bass and Denis on drums. Fab comes across like a Belgian Mick Jagger, all swagger and attitude, just what you want for fronting The Vogues.

The bands first EP, Fall/Winter 10 is out now and contains the killer track Sunglasses. I'm sure that copies will be available at saturday's MB party. You can here this and another four tracks on the bands Facebook page. Give them a spin.

So put on your union jack underpants, come on down to Churchill's bar on saturday night, and rock out to the Vogues. Yeah, baby, yeah!